OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Fr. Phillipe Breton of the clergy of the archdiocese of Paris, pastor of St. Honore d'Eylau, as bishop of Aire et Dax (area 9,364, population 326,617, Catholics 255,000, priests 205, permanent deacons 6, religious 309), France. The bishop-elect was born in Rouen, France in 1936 and was ordained a priest in 1966. He succeeds Bishop Robert Sarrabere whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Appointed Bishop Gerard Daucourt of Orleans, France as bishop of Nanterre (area 175, population 1,410,000, Catholics 950,000, priests 346, permanent deacons 30, religious 949), France. He succeeds Bishop Francois Favreau whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

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